BRIGHT
TALENT
Sarah Little played Alice in Burnside High
School’s production of Alice in Wonderland
which ran for three nights last week at the
Aurora Centre.
PHOTO: ALAN VOYCE
More photos, page 4.

Buck in – other wards contested
 By Georgia O’ConnorHarding
DEPUTY MAYOR Vicki
Buck won’t have to
campaign for the re-election
in October – no one is
standing against her in the
Riccarton Ward.
But the two other wards
– Halswell and Hornby will
all be contests.Only one
councillor will be elected in
each ward.
The new boundary ward
Halswell will have four
candidates gunning for a seat
on the city council.
They are Halswell

Elections
Community Project
spokeswoman Chrys Horn
who is well-known for
boycotting the Wishbone
Cafe at Te Hapua Halswell
Centre and supporting
the skate park in Halswell;
Riccarton-Wigram
community board member
and former policeman Peter

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THE GLOVES are off for
October’s local body elections
with candidates for council and
the community boards now
known.
But for sitting councillor Vicki
Buck there’ll be no contest - she
goes back onto the council table
representing the Riccarton ward
unopposed.
In sport, Christchurch Boys’
High School have advanced to the
grand final of the UC Championship following a 10-3 win over
Nelson College. The team made
amends for last year’s shock 17-25
semi-final exit to Shirley Boys’
High School. They will play the
team that broke their hearts 12
months ago in Saturday’s grand
final.
And if you’re a train buff, Roy
Sinclair profiles Neil Andrews,
who has had a life long interest in
model trains.
Hei kona – Shelley Robinson

Sharing option for Denton Park
 By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
SPORT CLUBS at Denton Park
may have their wish granted to
stay on their home ground.
However, it’s on the condition
of sharing with the new Hornby
Library and South West Recreation and Sport Centre.
It has been disclosed, one
of the options the city council
is considering is to retain the
sports clubs on Denton Park but
possibly rearranging the sports
fields to make room for the
Hornby facility.
This is if Denton Park is chosen as the location for the new
Hornby Library and South West
Recreation and Sport Centre.
The news has come to surface
after the city council recently
completed scoping studies for
the Hornby facility.
The scoping studies provided
the city council with guidance
on how big the future library
should be and what leisure
amenities should be provided to
the south-west in the future.
But head of recreation and
sports John Filsell said the
sports clubs could still be moved
to Kyle Park or Warren Park
depending on what playing
surfaces are relocated.
In previous articles the Western News reported the likely

STAYING
POSITIVE:
Hornby
Rugby
Football Club
president
John
Catchpole
said as long
as the sport
clubs are
not pushed
off Denton
Park he is not
concerned
if the sports
fields
need to be
rearranged. ​
location for the Hornby facility
is Denton Park.
The opening of the new
Hornby Library and South West
Recreation and Sport Centre has
been delayed until 2019 after the
city council pushed back several
community projects.
Hornby Rugby Football Club
president John Catchpole said
the club received an email from
the city council saying the best
place for the pool is at Hornby
High School.
The city council’s general

manager of city services David
Adamson said there will be consultation with the sports clubs
on the rearrangement of the
fields depending on what option
is chosen.
Mr Catchpole said as long as the
city council does not shift the club
off Denton Park then he is not too
concerned by a rearrangement of
the sports fields.
“It is better than having our
fields taken away and having
a swimming pool put there, I
know that now,” he said.

But Hornby Cricket Club
president Kevin Hornbrook said
if the city council relocates the
sports clubs it will be the end of
Hornby cricket.
He said the cricket club uses
the whole of Denton Park.
“Our other biggest problem
again with it going to Denton
Park is where the public is going
to park . . . The Hub Hornby is
chaos now,” he said.
The rugby club has three fields
at Denton Park while the cricket
club has two pitches.

In Brief
JELLIE PARK SPA POOL
CLOSED
The spa pool at Jellie Park
Recreation and Sport Centre
has been closed until further
notice after one water sample
out of seven tested positive
for Legionella bacterium. The
pool was closed last week after
receiving test results from the
Canterbury District Health
Board. Staff are decontaminating
and servicing the spa pool
and it will remain closed until
testing confirms the Legionella
bacterium is not present. Other
swimming pool services at Jellie
Park, Pioneer and Graham
Condon Recreation and Sport
Centres are not affected.
FUNDING SOUGHT
Papanui teenager Angus
McWilliam has applied for
$518 from the Shirley-Papanui
Community Board’s discretionary
response fund towards attending
the Junior Tall Blacks training
camp and U23 Nationals. Angus,
16, currently attends Middleton
Grange and is in year 12. Burnside
High School student Connor Hill
has also applied for $200 from the
board’s youth development fund
towards him participating in the
Spirit of Adventure Trophy Voyage
from October 30 to November 3.
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they approve the funding.

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Burnside High School brought the magic of the production Alice in
Wonderland to audiences in the city last week. The show was performed
over three nights at the Aurora Centre.
PHOTOS: ALAN VOYCE

WHO ARE YOU?: The caterpillar played by Tom Hooker meeting Alice played
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A BULLDOZER that was once
a workhorse in Antarctica
which now sits in a children’s
playground, will get a makeover.
The DC4 Caterpillar in
Harrington Park, near Paeroa
Reserve, in Riccarton, was based
with the US Navy at McMurdo
Station on the south tip of Ross
Island.
Resident Ken Twemlow and
retired panelbeater Wayne
Charney are now working to get
the bulldozer sandblasted and
repainted.
But the cost of sandblasting
is between $900-$1600 with the
further cost of painting.
The bulldozer was built
by Caterpillar in Orlando,
United States, and was flown to
McMurdo Station to work as a
general workhorse tractor.
It was brought back to the city
on an icebreaker ship to the city.
Gough Group training and
development manager Steve
Templer said the bulldozer did
not do anything notable such as
a specific expedition.
He said it most likely looked
after Williams Field, an airfield
serving McMurdo Station and
Scott Base.
“The reason being is it doesn’t
have the big wide tracks for
going across the ice like a lot
of them do. So it wouldn’t have
gone too far from home I don’t
think,” he said.

It was brought back to the city
about 40 years ago by the US
Navy and was said to be in need
of major overhaul.
The Western News learnt
from mechanics at Goughs
Group that they are certain the
bulldozer came to the city in the
early 1970s.
Mr Templer said since McMurdo Station was set up, tractors have been getting brought
back from Antarctica to the city
to be overhauled by the Gough
Group.
He said it was donated to Harrington Park through the Riccarton Rotary Club by the then
local US base commander.
At the time two D4Cs were
brought back from McMurdo
Station.
“They made a good one out

of two and this had all the bad
parts so they thought they would
send it off as a play thing in a
children’s playground,” he said.
It is believed the district commander was not technically
allowed to donate the bulldozer
due to the US Navy having a
rules about disposing equipment
even if it is non-combat.
The Goughs then painted the
bulldozer for free back to it’s
original colours before shipping
it off to Harrington Park.
Mr Churney said the plan is
for the children living near the
park to help paint the bulldozer
in the summer.
He said the project most likely
won’t get under way for a while
depending on finances and the
Riccarton West Community is
looking for sponsorship.

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Our People

Singer-songwriter has
Singer-songwriter Asti-Loren Newman might only be 18, but she has already
travelled the world and attended the same school as Amy Winehouse. Annabelle
Dick talked to Asti-Loren about her new album, Psychedelic Rose, and getting
barred from the school choir thanks to a questionable comment about her
teacher’s facial hair.
So as a singer-songwriter,
when did you get into music?
I’ve always had a massive
passion for music. When I was
about 11-years-old, I joined
the Christchurch City Chorus,
which is like a 150-person barbershop. We went to New York
and sung when I was 13, which
was awesome. I worked with
Nolan from the Christchurch
School of Rock in Sumner and
would perform at the Headless
Mexican. I’d also do busking
along the esplanade.
I tried

to join the school choir but got
turned down in year 6, 7 and 8,
because apparently I couldn’t
sing in tune, but I think it was
because I told my music teacher
she had a moustache in front of
the whole class. I told her my
mum is a beauty therapist and

TALENTED:
Asti-Loren
busked her way
through Europe at
17-years-old.

she should go to her and I think
she held that against me. It was
a pretty rude thing for me to say,
but I was only nine-years-old at
the time, so I didn’t know any
better. I was pretty upset about
it so I went to the principal and
told them, ‘I’m setting up my
own barbershop; I’m getting my
own teacher to come and teach it
and I’m going to teach it as well’
and I had more people auditioning for it than the school choir.
I’ve always been the kind of
person that, if things don’t go my
way, I’m going to make it happen
for myself.
You attended the same music
school as Amy Winehouse –
how did that come about?
When the February 2011
earthquake happened, I was off
school, our house was quite
damaged and my mum
lost her business as well. I
watched the film Fame one
day and I knew I wanted
to go to stage school.
So without telling my
parents, I researched the
best stage schools across
the United States and
the United Kingdom
and I randomly
chose one to
apply for.
I heard

MENTOR: Asti-Loren mentoring Selwyn House Girls School
children last year.

back four days later from the
Susi Earnshaw Theatre School
with a letter of acceptance. Here’s
14-year-old me going, ‘oh no,
what have I done’, so I had to tell
my parents and they were really
supportive. I don’t know many
parents who would let their
14-year-old daughter go to the
UK by themselves.
What was it like attending the
school?
It was awesome. I was the first
person they’d ever had from
Australia/New Zealand. There
was three days a week of dance,
tap, jazz singing, theatre singing,
pop singing, all sorts really. The
teachers were great and really
young, too. One of my teachers
was a back-up dancer for Justin
Bieber and he’d also won
Britain’s Got Talent. I studied
there for two years and then
I got offered a development contract with a label
in Soho and that’s how I met
my producer Chris Hall who
helped me create my album

Psychedelic Rose. I got to record
in the same vocal booth as Pink
Floyd.
How did it feel living in London by yourself as a 14-yearold? That must’ve been a pretty
scary experience?
It wasn’t too scary . . . but
being so young and moving to
another country was a bit of a
culture shock. I had an apartment just down from school and
I made friends really fast. There
was always people I knew around
me like my uncle in Sweden and
my cousin came through when
he was on his O.E. I wasn’t really
naughty I always had so much
to do. I would go to the London
Central City Library and read
books on Woodstock. I went
to an Audrey Hepburn exhibition and I’d often go to the East
London markets at the end of
the day and they’d give me free
donuts. They knew when I was
coming and give me all this free
food and I’d walk home with all
my groceries.

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the world at her feet
And you travelled a bit from
there?
I’m really spontaneous so I
decided to do a busking tour
around Europe. So I contacted
Interrail and Eurail to see if it
was something they were interested in – they bought it. So they
gave us a 12-day rail pass and we
went from London to Stockholm
to Copenhagen down to Warsaw
in Poland and then to Prague
then Munich, Salzburg, Venice,
Asti, Monte Carlo, Nice and
then Amsterdam all in 12 days
with my best friend who’s a New
Zealand windsurfer. While this
was happening I was only 17. I
have about 50,000 fans online so
I’d post each day were I was and
I’d have all these people turn up
– I didn’t really expect it at all. I
made about €200 (euro) busking
in each city.
So tell me about your
music and your new album
Psychedelic Rock which you
recently released?
The music I’ve established as
my brand is more electronic.
This album is influenced by
the 60s and 70s Americana,
Woodstock and that whole

hippy movement. I love the
era. I watched Jim Carroll’s The
Basketball Diaries and read a
novel he wrote . . . it’s really raw.
This album draws a lot from that.
This album is a concept album
I’ve written myself. It goes from
dark to light as I have this thing
called synaesthesia where I see
music and colour so it helps a
lot with my writing, it’s a bit of
a blessing. I wrote the album’s
track names before I wrote the
songs. I’ve written a novel to
go along with the album and
eventually I want to make it into
a short film. People can interpret
my music any way they want.
They’re not pop songs – it’s a
lot more than that. I don’t just
sit back and let other people
do things for me, I’m a really
involved person in my career so
I do a lot of promoting myself,
I keep up my social media
following and I edit my own
videos.
Do you have any influences
that you draw on when creating
your sound?
I listen to Lana del Rey, The xx,
Haim, Taylor Swift, Marina and
the Diamonds, Fleetwood Mac,

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Pink Floyd – a real variety really.
I’ve taken different influences
from the greats of each genre and
incorporated them into my work
– whether it’s lyrically, musically
or the way I present myself.
Tell me a bit about growing
up – what’s you’re family like?
I grew up in a house on the top
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Selwyn House and then St Andrew’s College. My mother owns
a salon Yazu Hair Salon. She’s
incredibly talented. She’s been
on the L’Oreal creative team and
a part of New Zealand Fashion
Week. She was actually teaching hairdressing in Asia while
she was eight months pregnant
with me which was pretty crazy.
She’s heavily driven . . . I think
that’s where I get it from. My
mum and my dad met at 15 and
started the business together. He
was going to be a mechanic, but
he’s technically a hairdresser by
trade. They separated when I was
nine so he went to the Carib-

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Hutt. We used to go skiing every
single weekend in winter from
when I was seven to 12. I did it
competitively and placed third
in the South Island when I was
younger.
Where to next for you? Where
do you want to end up?
I’m going to the US to film
a music video for my album
next month, then London for
a month, Ho Chi Minh City in
Vietnam after that, and then Bali
all before the end of the year.
Eventually I want to be able to
tour with my albums. I’ve
started on my second album
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bean to buy a boat and sailed it
back to New Zealand to set up a
charter business. So, when I was
younger, I grew up in a boat. I
lived on it in Diamond Harbour
and the Lyttelton marina. I used
to go to school in a dingy. We
had five dalmatian dogs and we’d
be in a five-metre dingy with one
of our dogs at the front and my
brother and I in our posh private
school uniforms. We’d sail from
Diamond Harbour to Lyttelton
and we’d arrive at school soaked.
My little brother Lucca is 16 and
he’s the total opposite of me. He’s
blue-eyed, blonde and tall, while
I’m 1.49m and brunette. We were
both named after towns in Italy.
He’s really into skiing, inventing
and downhill mountain biking.
He made a flame thrower the
other day. I have a weird family.
It sounds like you’ve had an
insanely interesting upbringing! What else do you love
outside of music?
I love going to the beach and I
love skiing. I did ski racing from

One man and his 1000 dreams
 By Roy Sinclair
NEIL ANDREWS leads the
way down precarious steps to a
seemingly underground room.
He flicks on a light switch.
I am wowed by a high viaduct
spanning a realistic gorge. My
eyes are led to tall forests, tree
ferns galore and a painted backdrop depicting a stormy sky.
“This is what I do,” he says.
“It is not what I do in my spare
time.
“I mow the lawns in my spare
time.”
The room was purpose-built
for the 9mm (scale 9mm to the
foot) layout representative of a
one-time railway in Northland.
In his garage he is working on
a second, portable, layout. This is
a narrow-gauge railway based on
French townscapes.
Model railways is an interest
he could not be without.
“When I met my partner,
Helen, I told her it is me and my
trains. They are inseparable.
“She accepted that which was
great.”
He describes railway modelling “as a thousand dreams
held together by a hundred
unfinished jobs. In other words,
a degree of chaos.”
“Part of the fascination is

HAND-MADE: Model builder, Neil Andrews and his miniature creation of early last century
Northland. ​
delving into history to discover
how it all would have looked like
early last century,” Mr Andrews
said.
He always liked to do things
with his hands. He enjoyed art
at school – and building things.
Even when he had clockwork

railways he was always cutting
up cardboard boxes to make
buildings.
He recalls scoring designs on
pieces of wood to make boats.
Railways became another part
of it.
Getting into more serious rail-

way modelling during the late
1950s, there was not much stuff
available and if it was he didn’t
have the money.
If he wanted it he made it.
“My mother used to take me to
the railway station. I remember
being in my pushchair watching

the Lyttelton trains come and
go.
“Then at primary school I was
quite capable of making an Ecclass electric locomotive with the
distinctive air compressor tanks
across the front. Everyone could
recognise it.”
Later, any new gadget at his
Canterbury University laboratory would be first examined to
how it would be useful on the
model railway.
“Then we would work out how
it was intended to be used.”
His workplace became known
as “the model train laboratory.”
That’s what people who visited
talked about.
He travelled to model railroad
conventions in the United States,
becoming a member of the
R.G.S. East Hon3 club.
He visited huge model railway
shows in Cologne and Miniature
Wonderland in Hamburg.
“In Germany a model railway
is like a dishwasher. Everyone
has to have one. And most offerings are German-made. They are
excellent.
“On one European trip Helen
and I were forced off the road by
Tour de France officials.
“We had to divert into a backwater countryside.

BUILDING: A train layout under construction and a G-scale
layout at last year’s Christchurch Model Train Show.

“There we found towns of
beautiful buildings with terracotta roofs. We had discovered
the romance of the French countryside.
“Anything French is different.
If you see a French car you know
it is French because it looks nothing like anything else. It is the
same with railways.
“Their narrow gauge railways
were basically portable. They
could be picked up and laid
beside a road.
“That really intrigued me. Narrow gauge secondary lines were
introduced to boost the network

of French railways.’’
The unplanned detour instigated
his French narrow gauge layout.
“One develops a modeller’s
mind.
“A modeller will typically think
how it would look in miniature?”
He talks about Hamburg’s
mind-boggling Miniature Wonderland.
“It’s absolutely intriguing. It’s
a huge collection that is pushing
the boundaries of technology and
inspiring manufacturers to pick
up on it with new products.”
“The model aircraft must
represent the peak of model

building.’’
“The model trains have been
running for so long the track is
wearing out.”
The closest we have in
Christchurch is the annual big
model train Show, this year being
held over the weekend of October
1 and 2.
The venue is Pioneer Stadium
in Lyttelton St, Spreydon. It is the
show’s 25th anniversary so promises to be special.
Mr Andrews was an instigator
of the event, starting a model
train show at Hagley Community
College and then expanding to

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the Horticultural Society hall.
Then, the Christchurch Model
Railway Exhibition Society was
formed and took over. Its growth
took it to Pioneer Stadium where
it has been ever since. At its peak
the show attracted 10,000 people
over the two days.
“It’s about its optimum size.
“Considering our modest
Christchurch population we do a
pretty good job,” he said.
This year’s show will help those
wanting to get into the hobby.
“We will have beginners’ train
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and learn how to make things.
“Technology will be to the
fore. This is enhancing the hobby
and drawing younger people in.
They can operate a railway from
a PC or mobile phone, utilising
wi-fi and DCC (digital control
systems).”
He says model railway people
are an enthusiastic bunch. They
will do their utmost to share
what they know.
Andrews will be on the demonstrations desk. It is likely he will
let slip how to disguise a lot of
money spent on the hobby within
the weekly household bills.

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New school bus routes
RANGI RURU Girls’ School has
announced a trial of a new Red
Bus services for students in
south-west Canterbury.
The initiative came from parents
who were having difficulties getting their children to school using
existing routes.
Principal Sandra Hastie said the
school is very supportive of effective public transport and having
students on a bus, using bus lanes
as well as other measures.
“There’s already too little time
and too much stress in many
lives, so if we can alleviate that for
parents and students that’s a good
thing,” she said.
The bus, which is identifiable
by a ‘Rangi Ruru school bus’ sign,
departs Burnham at 6.35am, with
five points from which students
can be picked up or get off at
Rolleston, Lincoln University,
Lincoln, Tai Tapu and Halswell.

The bus arrives at the school by
8.10am and returns at 4pm for
pick up. It ends the day in Burnham at 5.20pm.
Rangi Ruru business manager
Neil Templeton said Red Bus has
been very co-operative during the
development of the service trial.
“We are open to suggestions for
improvements during the trial
and are encouraging parents and
students to give us feedback.”
Fares are $7.50 return or $4 oneway and students use their Cando
Card as they would for any metro
bus. The card can be topped up
with the driver.
Dr Hastie said the service was
also available to students from
other Christchurch schools and
parents should contact Rangi
Ruru to register their son or
daughter. She added that, all going
well, the intention was to continue
the service.

Sports kits stand out
 By Andrew King
BURNSIDE PRIMARY School
pupils have flash new sports
uniforms thanks to a $5000
fundraising effort by the
parent teacher association and
donations.
The school was supplied more
than 100 new uniforms for
sports teams, including rugby,
hockey, netball, soccer and
athletics.
Sports co-ordinator Peter
Chaplin said it would make their
pupils stand out on sports day.

“We host over 120 children
every Friday as part of a local
sports competition, along
with teams travelling to
Nunweek Park and Hagley
Park to play in the weekly
winter primary school sports
competition,” he said.

All the uniforms have an
image of Hine Taio
imprinted on the right
shoulder.
The school’s Hine Taio
carving underpins the values
and curriculum of Burnside
Primary.

DANCE
ACHIEVEMENT:
Halswell
Primary School
pupils danced
their way into
qualifying for
the NZCAF
National
Championships
in Dunedin on
September 16. ​

Dancers qualify for national champs
HALSWELL Primary School’s
senior hip-hop dance team has
qualified for the national dance
championships.
The New Zealand Competitive Aerobic Foundation
competition will be held on

September 16 in Dunedin.
The hip-hop team qualified
after taking part in the regional
competition held in the city
recently.
The team came second in
both their heats.

FINAL CALL
for out of zone enrolments!
Wednesday 31 August
We encourage all in zone enrolments to
also be with us by Wednesday 31 August.
Thank you so much for the fantastic feedback about our Open Night!
We loved hosting you and look forward to working with you in a strong
partnership to achieve great outcomes. Tamara Bell - Acting Principal

The young of today
are an inspiration
Kia ora koutou, Talofa, Kia Orana, Malo e lelei, Bula, Fakaalofa atu, Namaste,
Kumusta. Haere mai ki kura Te Huruhuru Ao o Horomaka. Warm greetings to the
Hornby High School community.
Schools are amazing places. If ever there
of us of slightly more mature years. They keep
was a ‘fountain of youth’ it must be a school
us young at heart as we connect with the best
because to work in a school is to feed
in our young people. It seems at times that
the spirit and be inspired by the amazing
as a society we focus on the less desirable
achievements of our tamariki.
behaviours of young people, as if we were
Hornby High School’s young people are no
never young ourselves. Yet I would hazard a
different. We have celebrated achievement
guess that our young people today are more
in academic work as students make great
responsible and more caring of their world
progress in their 2016 academic journey,
than any generation before.
in sporting endeavour as students gain
These are young people who have as great
representative honours in Canterbury agea capacity to do wonderful things as any
group teams, and in cultural achievement
generation before. It is our job as schools,
as four of our students participated in a
and as significant adults in their lives whether
combined kapa haka group that performed
from school, family or whanau, to foster a
at the national kapa haka competitions a
sense of aspiration, to push our amazing
couple of weeks ago. Many members of the
tamariki to be the best that they can be.
school community gathered together in our
Whether it be in the NCEA exam room, on the
auditorium to watch a livestream of their
national kapa haka stage, or on the basketball
performance, the pride and aroha were
court, we must settle for nothing less than
palpable, you could feel it in the room.
their best. We must encourage our young
Several weeks before the end of last term
people to expect nothing less than their best
I joined some of our Year 10 students for
from themselves. At Hornby High School
several days of their outdoor education camp
that is our stance, that is our expectation:
at the Boyle River Lodge. The capacity of
“nothing less than your best”. Nothing less
our amazing students to work together, to
will do because the world is in desperate
problem solve, and to show their immense
need of their extraordinary talents.
respect for their environment, were inspiring
to see.
Please do follow my thinking on issues that
And then last week we held our senior ball.
are both specific to Hornby High School and
The entire event was calm, well organised,
also of more general educational interest on
and characterised by fun and elegance. Our
my Principal’s blog “Whakatauki: He waka
Year 12 and 13 students can feel justifiably
eke noa”, after all we are indeed all in this
proud of themselves. They were a credit to
together – https://whakataukihewakaekenoa.
the school, and to their whanau, and I am
blogspot.co.nz/.
Ngā mihi
very grateful to the staff who organised and
Robin Sutton
supported the students.
Principal
These are things that feed the soul for those

Te Wero Pakihi – the
Business Challenge
Hornby High
students who took
part in Te Wero
Pakihi event in
Auckland, pictured
here with Victoria
Cross winner Willie
Apiata, second from
left in back row. The
students are: Adrian
Ranapiri (Te Whānau
Tahi) and Billy Roper.
At front are: Tailah
Shelton, Sharlene
Dickison, Olivia
Howell, Emma Ford
and Quaid Salmon.
Seated in front is
Aroha Reriti-Crofts.

Market Day success

Term 2 ended on an exciting note with a
Year 7 and 8 market day. Students had
worked throughout the term on designing
a product to market and sell. They learnt
many skills related to running a business
and made products to sell on their stalls.
On market day there was a huge support
from parents and whanau, and local
primary schools as well as the staff and
students at Hornby High. Many of the
businesses sold all of their products and
measured their success with generous
profits.

Hornby High students were part of a group of
50 students from around the country who met
in Auckland to participate Te Wero Pakihi – The
Business Challenge. All students attending Te

Wero Pakihi are graduates of MaiBiz, a threeday programme encouraging young people
to get excited about business and how the
programme might help shape their future.

Hornby High School students
joined students from
Christchurch Boys’ High
School and Te Kura Kaupapa
Māori o Te Whānau Tahi
to compete in the New
Zealand Secondary Schools’
Kapa Haka competition in
Auckland during the July
school holidays. They
were Feiluai Leuea, Jackson
Maniapoto, Indiah Iri and
Paora McQueen. The group
‘Te Kapa Haka o Te Toi
Huarewa’ was one of 39
teams taking part in the fiveday festival.

Let’s keep Chch fluoride-free
Former
personal
trainer John
Verd was
born in
Christchurch’s
sister city
Seattle,
United States, and
moved to New Zealand
in January last year. He
writes this week’s opinion
piece on fluoridation
I love Christchurch water!
It’s one of the many exceptional things we’d heard about
the Garden City before moving here.
So I was naturally concerned
to learn about proposed
changes to our water system.
I discovered at an early age
how location could affect
water quality.
When my grand-mother
moved to the Cascade Mountains near Seattle, she said
that the tap water there had a
”sweetness” to it.
She was absolutely right there was a huge difference
between our aquifers in Spokane and her spring water in
Snoqualmie.
It wasn’t until much later
that I paid any attention to
what is actually in our water.
I’d heard people protest
against fluoridation, but wrote
them off as paranoid con-

spiracy theorists.
It wasn’t until becoming a
personal trainer that I actually
questioned the practice.
The research was eye opening.
Our water is being treated
with an industrial waste product called hydrofluorosilicic
acid.
This chemical is a by-product of the phosphate fertiliser
industry.
Although classified as hazardous waste, it is barrelled up
and sold, unrefined, to communities across the country.
This is the fluoride in public
water.
Former vice president and
senior chemist at the United
States Environmental Protection Agency headquarters, Dr
William Hirzy, had this to say
about it:
“If this stuff gets out into
the air, it’s a pollutant; if it gets
into the river, it’s a pollutant;
if it gets into the lake, it’s a
pollutant; but if it goes straight
into your drinking water system, it’s not a pollutant. That’s

amazing.”
Hydrofluorosilicic acid is
far different from the sodium
fluoride, which is not for
ingestion, commonly used in
toothpaste.
This begs the question: Why
would they use this dangerous form of fluoride? A likely
reason is cost.
Because it costs corporations
many thousands of dollars per
tonne to neutralise and dispose of it, they instead sell it to
municipalities as a ‘product’.
Chemist and worldrenowned fluoride researcher
Dr Paul Connett lectured in
Christchurch in July 2016.
He listed 50 human studies

finding that elevated fluoride
exposure is associated with
reduced IQ.
Christchurch has managed
to remain fluoride free for the
last 30 years, but new legislation may allow for fluoridation
by 2018 unless the public
demands a place at the table in
this decision.
And that’s what is keeping
me up at night.
Do you, like John
Verd, stay awake at
night worried about
fluoridation? Should we
allow fluoridation of our
water? Share your views
with us. Email andrew.
king@starmedia.kiwi

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Tuesday August 16 2016

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Chance to win a wedding gown
FUTURE BRIDES will have the
opportunity to win their dream
wedding gown at this month’s
With This Ring Bridal Show.
The show will take place at
the Air Force Museum of New
Zealand, Wigram, on August 28.
Guests will have the chance
to go in the draw to win a
To Cherish Bridal Boutique
wedding gown of their choice up
to the value of $3895.
To Cherish owner Alison van
Lent said the winner could pick
any gown in the store, as its most
expensive one was $3895.
She said it would make
planning a wedding a lot easier
for one bride-to-be.
“It’s one of the more expensive
items on their agenda, and
sometimes one of the more
stressful.”
The winner would get to
go into the store, have a free
consultation and order any gown
of their choice, she said.
To Cherish will have a stall at
the show, and its gowns feature
in the catwalk shows.
Its new store on Barrington
St will open the day before the
show, Mrs van Lent said.
This year’s show will have
85 exhibitors ranging from

DREAM GOWN: Future brides will have a chance to win a free wedding gown from To Cherish Bridal Boutique at this month’s
With This Ring Bridal Show. PHOTOS: EMMA BOOTH​
wedding and bridesmaid gowns,
photography, honeymoons,
flowers, stationary, caterers,
venue hire and many more.
On top of that, there will be
more than $22,000 worth of
prizes to be won.
A wedding and honeymoon
at Norfolk Island will be up for

grabs, as well as a honeymoon at
The Edgewater Resort and Spa in
Rarotonga.
Venue hire, up to the value
of $4050, for Wigram Base
will be up for grabs, along
with many more prizes and
giveaways.
Two fashion catwalks will be

held – one at 11am and the other
at 2pm – showcasing wedding
gowns and mother of the bride
outfits.

•The With This Ring Bridal
Show will be held at the
Air Force Museum of New

Zealand, Wigram, on
August 28, from 9.30am4pm. Tickets are $15 and
can be purchased at the
door on the day. Pre-sale
tickets are available
online at dashtickets.co.nz

Care Homes

Parkstone,
a lovely new
care home
in Ilam.

This photo is of similar
Bupa Care Home.

Parkstone Care Home expected completion – late October.
Parkstone is a care home with a difference. On top of our quality rest home and
hospital care offering, you will be able to choose from a range of premium services.
Features upon completion
• Daily activities
• Rooms with en-suites
• Communal lounge

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CBHS advance to rugby final
 By Gordon Findlater
CHRISTCHURCH BOYS’
High School have advanced
to the grand final of the UC
Championship following a 10-3
win over Nelson College.
The team made amends for last
year’s shock 17-25 semi-final exit
to Shirley Boys’ High School.
They will play the team that
broke their hearts 12 months
ago in Saturday’s grand final at
Rugby Park. Shirley defeated
round-robin winners Christ’s
College 17-14 at Upper in the
other semi-final.
The teams also have recent
history, they met on August 7.
CBHS survived a late penalty
attempt from Shirley before a
try in extra time sealed a tough
19-13 victory.
“They proved in beating
Christ’s College that they’re going to be a really serious threat.
They played very well against us
the other week so we’re going
to have to be at our very best
because they have some seriously
good players in that team,” said
CBHS coach Mike Drury.
The win over Nelson College
was played in trying conditions.
CBHS came out with intent,
dominating the early possession
and turning down penalty goal
attempts in search of the game’s
first try.
They were rewarded for their
efforts when Mosese Fifita

SPORTS

TRY TIME: Mosese Fifita
grabbed the only try of the
game in his team’s 10-3
victory over Nelson College. ​

At a glance:
Christchurch BHS: 10
(Mosese Fifita try; Alex
Harford 1 con, 1pen)
Nelson College: 3
(William Havili 1 pen)
barged his way over the line with
10min to play in the first half.
First-five Alex Harford converted
and then extended the lead to 10
with a penalty conversion before
the break.
Nelson played with the wind in
the second period and narrowed
the margin to seven through a
William Havili penalty.
Christchurch executed an

outstanding game plan in the
second half, not letting the visitors back into the game through
strategic kicking.
“I thought that second-five Ben
Chippendale played a very astute
game. He showed the quality of
a senior player on the team. He
racked off some pretty substantial yards and put them on the
back foot a number of times,”

said Drury.
Meanwhile, in the plate section of the competition it will be
Timaru Boys’ High School hosting Marlborough Boys’ College
in Saturday’s final.
Timaru defeated defending
Plate champions Burnside High
School 25-15, while Marlborough
overpowered Waimea Combined
19-0.

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Fresh and flavoursome
vietnamese food
Bruce and Lisa Tran, and their staff at Hello Vietnam,
are excited their restaurant has been voted one of the
top 30 restaurants in Christchurch (out of a field of 660
restaurants), on Trip Advisor’s Internet site.
Bruce puts the restaurant’s success down to the high
quality food and excellent service provided by his staff
and manager, ThyThy.
Hello Vietnam began in February 2015 and has been a
popular and busy restaurant ever since.
“We serve traditional Vietnamese cuisine that sits
between Thai and Chinese,” says Bruce. “It’s not too spicy
or oily and has a French influence with the incorporation
of fresh salad items in many dishes like our fresh spring
rolls, and salads of beef, prawn or pork.”

Flavours synonymous with Vietnamese cuisine
are coriander, lemongrass, ginger, Vietnamese
mint, chilli and basil while vegetables in cooked
dishes such as the restaurant’s Lemongrass and
Chicken retain a crisp fresh taste, especially as
the vegetables are purchased fresh each day.
Pho rice noodle soup is another popular
dish with both Asian and European diners at
Hello Vietnam as is their roast duck, which has
different spices to those in Chinese duck recipes.
They cook just enough roast duck for each day, so it
is a good idea to call in early or ring ahead if wanting this
particular dish.
“Stewed Jumble Prawns in a sauce which we make for
this dish is ideal for sharing a meal and for a difference
sweet and sour Vietnamese style dishes are really nice,”
recommends Bruce.
Hello Vietnam caters for those with particular dietary
needs with around 85% of their dishes gluten free. This
includes the Vietnamese Pancakes which are made from
rice flour, and they will prepare gluten free options on
request for other dishes such as Crispy Squid, cooking
these in separate fryers.
Dishes are priced from $8.50 for an entrée. Noodle
dishes range from $13-16 and medium sized dishes $13$18, while delicacies such as Crispy King Prawn with
Salad and Chilli Salt are priced around $20.

Authentic

NEW LOOK!

Vietnamese Food

Local

For delicious Vietnamese food in a clean, relaxing
and pleasant décor, visit Hello Vietnam. The restaurant
is located in a new building on Riccarton Road (near
Riccarton Mall) accessed from its own car park on Euston
Street.
Hello Vietnam is open seven days a week for lunch
11.00am-2.30pm, and dinner 5pm-10pm.

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Craft ’n’ Yarn
Tuesday, August 16, 10am-noon
Bring along your knitting, crochet, embroidery or any portable
craft for two hours of creativity
and social fun.
Hornby Library, Goulding Ave
Storytimes – Wā Kōrero
Tuesday, August 16, 10.30 –
11am
Go along to the library for a
fun storytime session. The programme includes stories, music,
movement and rhymes. It is
best-suited for pre-schoolers.
Fendalton Library, cnr of Clyde
and Jeffreys Rd
Carl Nixon – Friends of the
Library book-talk
Tuesday, August 16, 12.30 –
1.30pm
Go along and see local author
Carl Nixon at the library. He has
written novels, plays and shortstories. His most recent achievement was his play Matthew,
Mark, Luke and Joanne which
was performed at The Court
Theatre. His novels include Rocking Horse Road, The Virgin and
the Whale, and Settlers Creek. Mr
Nixon has also won the NZ Sunday Star Times short story award
and the Katherine Mansfield
Literary Competition. The book

session is suitable for all ages.
Fendalton Library, cnr of Clyde
and Jeffreys Rd
Musical Instrument Practice
Slots
Tuesday, August 16, 3.30 – 7pm
Book a time to go solo or
have a silent practice with up to
four band-mates. There will be
electronic drums, a digital piano,
a Roland session mixer, mics
and headphones available for
budding musicians. You can also
take in your own electric instruments, and plug into the session
mixer.
Te Hāpua Halswell Centre, 341
Halswell Rd
Introduction to iPads
Wednesday, August 17, 11am –
12.30pm
Have you got an iPad but don’t
know where to start? Are you
interested in getting an iPad
and would like to learn some
of the basics? This eight week
course for absolute beginners
is intended to help you become
more confident and show you
the basics. You can bring your
own iPad or use one of those
provided.
Te Hāpua Halswell Centre, 341
Halswell Rd

IMAGINATION: Fly in with the whole family to enjoy a fun, free, musical storytelling extravaganza.
Join author Jenny Pattrick for a special interactive, toe-tapping storytime featuring her enchanting
story The Very Important Godwit. You may even discover the secret of why baby godwits are never
seen in the city. The kids musical: storytime for songbirds event will be held on Saturday, August 20,
2-3pm at the Te Hapua: Halswell Centre on 341 Halswell Rd. For more information or to place a hold
on the musical book visit http://www.randomhouse.co.nz/
​

Okeover Community Gardens
Opening Tuesday, August 16,
from 4.30pm and artist talks and
tour of artworks on Saturday,
August 20, 11am
Presented by second year
sculpture students from the Ilam
School of Fine Arts, WEB is
an exhibition which reveals an
intricate network of connections.
It links its outdoor site in the
Okeover Community Gardens to
other places, times, people, ideas,
and imaginings. The public are
invited to the opening. The artist talk on August 20 will be an
informal opportunity to meet the
artists and engage with contemporary art.
Okeover Gardens, Canterbury
University Ilam Campus, off
Engineering Rd.

Tea and Tales With Bestseller
Author Jenny Pattrick
August 18, 10am-11.30pm
The Halswell community read
for 2016 is “Heartland” by Jenny
Pattrick. The city council warmly
invites you to read, share and
discuss this fantastic novel, as
well as join with the author herself for a series of fun, free and
inspirational events.
Te Hapua: Halswell Centre on
341 Halswell Rd.
Road Code Refresher
Thursday, August 18, 6-9pm
Things change so much, go
along for a refresher of the Road
Code, a cup of tea is also provided.
Te Kohanga Whakawhaiti
Marae, 2/24 Riccarton Rd,
Pahiatua

Ensuring a safe work place
Learning first aid is not only a part of ensuring a safe
work place, but also an integral part of our engagement with the
wider community. We all learn the necessary skills to ensure that
in times of emergency we are able to assist our work colleagues,
but are we able to take these skills home, into the community or
on to the sports field?
not all work places are the same and the injury risk for each place
can be wide and variable. The office attended by administrators
does not carry the same risk as those people working with heavy
machinery, or perhaps at some distance from a regular ambulance
service. it is therefore essential that you pick the right first aid
course to suit all of your activities – both professional and social.
take, for example, an office worker who does not have a high
risk work environment and whose concern might be to ensure that
they can deal with minor cuts and superficial injuries, or the ability
to perform effective CPr. These skills can be achieved on a course
of eight hours duration and would generally fit into low to medium
risk area. But take this same person on to a sports field either as a
spectator or player when a higher level injury occurs. The eight
hour course covering unit standards 6402 and 6401 (or 26551 and
26552) does not cover head neck and spinal injuries, eye injuries,

Community Read 2016
– Featuring The Court
Jesters
Friday, August 19, 7-9pm
The community read for
2016 is Heartland by Jenny
Pattrick. Christchurch City
Libraries warmly invites you
to read, share and discuss
this fantastic novel, as well as
join with the author herself
for a series of fun, free and
inspirational events. Experience
Heartland brought to life by
the Court Jesters. Get ready to
laugh as our city’s iconic comedy
troupe take on Jenny’s newest
novel. Jenny will also discuss her
work and inspiration and answer
any burning questions from the
audience.
Te Hapua Halswell Centre, 341
Halswell Rd

hypothermia and poisonings.
The majority of injuries occur outside of the work place, in
fact one in three injuries occurs in the home, making it the most
common place for injuries to happen. new Zealand children
are twice as likely to die through injury as children who live in
australia. They mostly die as a result of motor vehicles accidents
or falls in the home. fatalities from leisure and sport are not far
behind those in the workplace.
The wider 12 hour course teaches the additional unit standard
6400 and provides a wide knowledge base for medium to high risk
environments. This course covers many of the skills required to
deal with the most common injuries, such as falls (which can result
in head, neck and spinal injuries) and dealing with complex scenes
such as motor vehicle accidents.
if you are not sure on the course best suited to your needs, ask
your accredited first aid training provider. They can explain the
course content and give you options that will best suit your needs.
Look beyond the workplace and consider your family and your
location. Check that you have a good quality first aid kit that is
up-to-date with replenished items, and that everyone knows where
it is located.

First Aid Revalidation Course (6 hours)
Cost $120.00 per person (certificates must not
have expired for more than 3 months)
Time: 8.30am – 3.15pm
Monday
22 August
5 September
26 September

Tuesday
13 September
20 September
11 October

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2 September
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HEALTH & BEAUTY

Experts restore that
“winning smile”
Meeting people for the first
time, interacting with others on social
occasions, going for a job interview – in
all these situations your smile is the most
important part of you.
or perhaps, on a lighter note, you
might be scaring yourself with your ‘selfie’
because your smile is not as attractive as it
should be, due to missing or broken teeth.
perhaps it’s time for a visit to Denture
South in Barrington, where the experts
can give you that winning smile back.
Clinical technician Andrew Johnson
and his team of clinical and lab
technicians are fully focused on providing
customised service at their Barrington
clinic, and will take all the time needed
to fulfill your partial or full denture
requirements whether you want an even,
bright smile or a more natural-looking
one.
For people who have had dentures for a
while and are finding they frequently need
to buy denture adhesive to keep them in
place, Andrew advises having the dentures
relined so they will fit better. As he points
out, the money spent on denture adhesive
over 12 months would easily cover the
cost of having your dentures refitted.
Denture South has been providing a full
range of denture services for the residents

of Christchurch for over 13 years. These
services include first-time immediate
dentures, full replacement dentures,
partial plates and sports mouth-guards.
Many Denture South clients come
through word-of-mouth referral, an
indication of the level of satisfaction that’s
provided there. Friendly, approachable
and highly skilled, the Denture South
team enjoys helping people with all their
denture fitting, ongoing care and denture
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Join the 2016 Storylines Christchurch
Family Day on Sunday 28 August at the
Upper Riccarton Library and be part of New
Zealand’s biggest festival of children’s writers
and illustrators.
Entry is free for everyone to enjoy a
fun line-up of activities featuring New
Zealand children’s authors, poet, illustrators,
storytellers and performers:

Learning FROM HOME
in Christchurch
After 5.5 successful years establishing
popular home based childcare service
Stems FROM HOME in Auckland,
Cantabrian Emma McAlister has returned
home with her own young family to ‘grow
young minds’ in Christchurch too.

peer interactions in well supported small
groups, and attend learning experiences
out and about in the local community
very regularly. Costs range between $6$7.50 per hour with WINZ and 20 ECE
subsidies available.

Stems prides itself on providing flexible,
affordable and personalised childcare for
busy families who would dearly love their
children to have an ‘at home mum’ early
And much more. See and download the
programme details at www.storylines.org.nz learning childhood experience .“This
option isn’t often possible for families
today for many reasons, but is so very
important for our little people” says
Emma. “ My role is to work personally
with each family to find the best match
in an Educator for them…I love helping
create these special relationships!”
The large private play area allows the
Stems is fully licensed by the Ministry
children to engage in lots of physical
of
Education and builds programmes
activities as well as imaginative play. Our
on-site primary school teacher ensures all alongside Educators for each child which
children are well prepared to start primary follow the NZ curriculum. Activities,
learning and ‘special moments’ are
school.
Families are more than welcome to call recorded for families by Educators every
in at any time to view the programme and day and children are able to have their
own routines maintained, experience
meet the teachers.

If you are looking for quality childcare
in New Brighton, Shirley, Rangiora or
Halswell please contact Emma directly on
0800 78 33 78.

A tailored learning
experience
Lindisfarne was established in 1987 and
is a small privately run nursery school.
The separate nursery building caters for
up to fourteen babies, and the preschool is
licensed for up to thirty six children. We
pride ourselves on providing as much a
home like environment as possible for all
of the children who attend Lindisfarne. Our
team consists of all trained and registered
teachers, a teacher’s aide, a teaching
assistant, and a cook and cleaner.
We pride ourselves on being a multicultural centre, both through the
nationalities of the children who attend, and
the nationalities of our teaching staff.

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WESTERN NEWS

HOME & HEATING

Get rid of dampness
in your house

noW WITH the colder and wetter weather on
its way, home owners are focusing on ways to
make their homes comfortable, warm and healthy
for their families throughout winter. rISIng
DAMP is an issue that affects many of our
older properties which suffer from poor, or no,
insulation. In Canterbury especially, post-quake,
many people have relocated to homes that suffer
from rising damp which can be associated with
health problems. Independent tests have shown
that up to 40 litres of water can rise from the
ground and enter a house every day, leading to
mildew, mould, condensation and musty smells.
Moulds can produce various allergic reactions
and the frail, elderly and very young are especially
vulnerable.
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VenTILATIon
This includes both the exchange of air to the
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Low oxygen with high carbon dioxide causes
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nervous system. In summer, it’s easy to open
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Tackle the skifield road in an Alltrack
 By Ross Kiddie
STAR MEDIA, the company
which I am employed by,
embraces advertising creativity.
We strive for layout and design
which captures reader and viewer interest. That being the case, I
was mystified when Volkswagen
New Zealand’s recent television advertising campaign was
withdrawn when some viewers
complained to the Broadcasting
Standards Authority.
The commercial surrounded
Volkswagen’s Passat Alltrack, and
was a light-hearted take involving a person falling over backwards on a slippery boat launching ramp. That ad often had me
smiling when I was preparing
dinner and watching the news. I
was disappointed – world gone
mad – I thought.
That aside, the Alltrack is an
interesting variation on the popular mid-size wagon and as its
name suggests it has four-wheeldrive and suspension raised
27mm from the standard Passat.
Volkswagen is no stranger to
this concept, they have long had
models which have just that little
bit extra in terms of ability. The
Alltrack is a cross between an
everyday vehicle and one which
will take you off-road, not so
much in the serious stuff, but it

will get you out of a sticky, low
grip situation, hence the advertisement. And on that subject, it
also gets a 2.2-tonne tow rating,
so hauling that large boat is a
real probability.
Under the bonnet sits a 2-litre,
turbocharged diesel engine. The
four-cylinder, twin camshaft unit
is rated with 150kW and 400Nm,
the latter punching out its power
all of the way from 1900rpm
to 3300rpm; consequently, it is
a strong, energetic unit which
works through a dual clutch,
direct shift gearbox.
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT ALLTRACK: Grip for slippery surfaces.
The six-speeder allows the
engine to work freely, between
the 6.6l/100km (43mpg) figure
difference, grip is well promoted
the two, drive is unimpeded,
showing constantly on the dash
through Continental sport tyres
the mid-range diesel surge is
panel readout. At 100km/h the
(245/45 x 18in), while steerage
evident. Unladen, the Passat
engine sips fuel at the rate of an
and body balance are accurate
Alltrack will scamper to
amazing 4l/100km (70mpg) with and controlled respectively.
100km/h from a standstill in
the engine turning over slowly at
Of course the suspen8sec, and will launch to 120km/h just 1700rpm.
sion is fully independent and
from 80km/h in 5sec, the turbo
These results are extraordinary there is a lot of travel within
boost offering vivid acceleration. for a big vehicle and certainly
those elements; that being the
And that is the beauty with
serve to prove how effective die- case, bumps and ruts are well
the big four-cylinder diesels,
sel engine manufacturers have
absorbed and ride comfort has
there is a lot of grunt on offer,
become in terms of efficiency.
been given high priority.
and it’s no wonder Volkswagen
I took the test car on the twists
I didn’t take the Alltrack offare confident of high tow
and turns of the Port Hills. It
road as such, but I did take it
capacity.
was only a few weeks ago that I
through a short cross-country
Perhaps the most exciting figevaluated the standard Passat,
track in an endeavour to get
ures are those of its fuel usage.
and was keen to find out if the
some photos. The suspension
Volkswagen claim a 5.2-litre per
extra ride height affected the
absorbs the uneven surfaces
100km/h (54mpg) combined
Alltrack’s handling ability. I can
beautifully, and wheel-to-ground
cycle average, that sits well with
report there’s is little noticeable
contact is manufactured so that

utmost traction is gleaned.
I can see the Alltrack being
used as winter sport recreational
transport such as tackling the
skifield access road. It’s a vehicle
that does all the things a typical
sport utility vehicle is capable of,
yet it is packaged in a more traditional style.
The entire in-cabin area is
manufactured for comfort and is
decked out with all the features
you’d expect from a $57,990 car.
I’ve long embraced the
traditional station wagon,
especially those from Europe.
The Alltrack takes that concept
one step forward and I’m pleased
that it has such a strong foothold
globally (no pun intended). I’ll
be watching with interest how
well it is received here.

WESTERN NEWS

Tuesday August 16 2016

AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONALS

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The BMW experts
BMWs and BMW minis are some of the most recognisable and
best selling cars around. Known for their European engineering
as well as their stylish appearance, it’s important to go to the
experts when looking for parts and servicing.
Conveniently located on McAlpine St in
Sockburn, Eurocare and Eurorec Ltd offers
a wide range of servicing and repairs options
and because they are also specialist BMW
dismantlers, they also have a huge range of parts
available to trade and individual buyers. And if
they don’t have it in stock in their own large
inventory, they can source new or used parts at
your request from around New Zealand.

requires running repairs, the
team of specialist mechanics
will work quickly and efficiently
to have your car back on the road as soon
as possible. This includes everything from
oil changes, new filters and brake pads to
gear box, suspension, clutches and exhaust
systems. Their team is highly trained and, as
they are BMW specialists, they have all the
knowledge and skills necessary to provide a
high quality standard of workmanship. Their
workshop includes diagnostic machines so
they can easily find the source of any problems.

Whether your beloved car needs a full
replacement engine or body panels, or it just
needs window clips, the knowledgeable teams
at Eruocare and Eurorec can supply or track
down the correct part for your model and
Open five days a week and on Saturdays by
year. When dismantling a vehicle, they make appointment, Eurocare and Eurorec Ltd’s teams
sure they rescue and restore as many parts as are on hand to help with all your BMW parts,
possible for reuse on other vehicles.
servicing, repairs and dismantling needs. Call
To keep your BMW running smoothly and today on (03) 341 6678, email eurorec@clear.
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Local musician, Dizzy Height is proud to
announce the completion of his latest
recording, Passing Shadows.
“It's safe to say that this album is very,
very different and deals with a topic not
many are game to talk about let alone record
an album about, and that is the subject of
death,” says Dizzy Height. “Having worked
as an Embalmer/Funeral Director for 9
years I have seen a lot of death. The
inspiration for the album is based on my
many experiences.”
Consisting of nine tracks, the recording is
said to be a very thought provoking and
inspiring CD.
Written, performed, and produced by
Dizzy Height, the tracks feature a unique
blend of classically inspired pieces infused
with traditional rock guitar.
From the opening title track 'Passing
Shadows' to the final track 'After Life' the
album has a positive theme which
encompasses all the things that most people
have thought about at some stage.
For more information go to
www.dizzyheight.com

Experience a
relaxed evening
in conversation
with musicians
from your national
orchestra
The Chamber Room of
Canterbury's exciting new home for
music and the arts, The Piano, will
play host to this exclusive event. Enjoy
canapés served with the winemaker's
selection of Craggy Range wines while
you hear the stories of some of New
Zealand's finest musicians.
NZSO Section Principal Trombone
David Bremner will host the evening.
He will be joined by a panel of NZSO
players: Brigid O'Meeghan (Assistant
Sub-Principal Emeritus Cello); Peter
Dykes (Associate Principal Oboe);
Larry Reese (Section Principal
Timpani); Andrew Thomson (Section
Principal Second Violin).
The players will discuss the rest of
the NZSO's 2016 season in
Christchurch, the additional activities
of the orchestra, as well as offer a
unique insight into the world of a
professional orchestral musician.
This is a rare opportunity to hear
from, and chat with some of New
Zealand's finest musicians in an
intimate and inspiring setting.
In Conversation with the NZSO
takes place at The Piano on Armagh
St next Thursday 25th August. Tickets
$40.
Book at nzso.co.nz/inconverastion